The law passed 17-16, with four conservative critics voting “now.”
The House Budget Committee on May 18 approved a motion to advance the Republican settlement package, marking another step towards the final passage of the Mammoth bill.
The unusual Sunday night vote was scheduled for 10pm, 20 minutes late at 10pm, and ended with the passage of the law at 17-16 votes, with four conservative critics in the package voting.
The vote came after weekend negotiations following the conservative uprising over the package on May 16th.
Four conservatives repeat the matter when the mammoth package first came before the House Budget Committee on Friday. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Josh Bretzin (R-Okra), Ralph Norman (Rs.C.), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) – voted against advances in the package.
Ranking member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) was critical of the process by which the bill was brought to the floor, asking about details of the contracts it reached, and then the unusual late-night weekend votes advanced.
Chairman Jodie Arlington (R-Texas) has not provided details of what has changed, showing that negotiations are ongoing and that the final product continues to be refined.
The passage of the bill by the Budget Committee has been a major victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), after the previous failure of the bill, but Johnson cannot absorb three obstacles.
Conservative opponents opposed several elements of the bill and provided hints on what changes were agreed upon.
First, they wanted a change in the handling of Medicaid labor requirements in the bill.
He sought a more timely implementation of work requirements for healthy adults, focusing on healthy adults rather than “really disabled pregnant mothers, and children whose programs were originally intended.”
Critics also opposed provisions that expand some of the Inflation Reduction Act, as conservatives wanted, and quickly sunk these provisions.
Norman took part in a call to abolish the “Green New Fraud” tax credit.
Additionally, conservatives expressed concern about the potential long-term impact of the bill’s deficit.
